Garment



E. C. HEYN June 25, 1929.

GARMENT Filed March 28, 1928 INVENTOR fo/vuwo C. l/EY/Y ATI'QRNEYSPatented June 25, 1929.

UNITED STATES PATENT orrlcs.

EDIUND'C. Km, 0] BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOB TO THE B. V. D. COMPANYnm, 0! NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

. GARMENT.

Application filed larch 28, 1?. Serial Io. 265,336.

This invention relates to garments, and more particularly to shirtsintended primarilv as athletic underwear.

' he new garment is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFig. 1 represents a front elevation of a shirt embodying my invention;Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the shirt shown in Fig. 1; and Fig. 3-dep1cts a fragmentary detail view of the 11111011138- tween the sharppoint of the diamond of elastic material and the adjoining non-elasticmaterial of the shirt.

In the drawings thereference character S desi ates an undershirtembodying my mventlon. This shirt consists structurally of two inelasticfabric sections, one elastic section, and two .seams.

The inelastic sections are designated as P and'are constituted ofnainsook or equivalent material. Each of these sections may be made ofone or more pieces sewn together and the lower portion of the sides Kmay be slitted or closed and may be cut on the straight, or in anypreferred manner. In

the particular embodiment illustrated each section P is composed of twopieces of material, front and back, and sewn together at the sides andat the shoulder, the lower plortiori of the center of each side beingslig tly flared. Each of sections P has a seam edge Q extending from thecenter front bottom edge 0 of the shirt upwardly to the to of thegarment apd then to the center back ottom edge 0' of the shirt.

The elastic section is designated as M and is constituted of knittedfabric elastic transversely of the shirt; The section M is of one ormore pieces of fabric sewn together.

At the center of the diamond an aperture N is provided for the pmagetherethrough of the head of the wearer.

When the sections are united in the form of a complete shirt, it will beobserved that the inelastic sections P envelop the body of the wearer inthe neighborhood of the waist line W, while other portions Y of theinelastic sections P extend over each shoulder.

The sections P of inelastic material are preferably composed of a righthand front portion F-R and a mating left hand front portion FL. Each ofthese portions may be wide at the bottom of the shirt so as to providesuflicient. material to accommodate movements of the body of the wearer.The upper (part of each-portion is cut away on a curve to form a part ofan arm hole H. The curve C terminates at the to of the shirt in thenarrow portion N which functions in the finished shirt as a shoulderstrap. This narrow portion N (as well as the corresponding portion Nhereafter referred to) is illustrated in the drawings as adapted tooccupy a position on the wearer which lies wholly within the neck regionof the shoulder and does not extend to the shoulder bone, so that thegarmentas worn is entirely supported from that region of the shoulderWhlCh is in line approximately with the leg bones and not in line withthe bones of the arm.

Interposed between the mating front portions FR and FL is the .frontportion IF of the diamond shaped piece of material M. This front rtionI-F of the diamond M- is preferab y finished at its upper part with arounded ed e R.which is adapted to fit the neck of t e user. The upperpart of the rounded edge of IF'is rather close to the edges of Y, thereforming a shoulder strap ortion E which is contiguous to the shoul erstra. portion N of the inelastic material P. (gne side A of the diamondis shown as united to the left, front FL by a relatively short seam orline of stitchin B and the other side H is united to the rig t front FRby a relatively long seam or line of stitching D. .This long line ofstitching D also serves as the union between the ower part of the twofront portionsof inelastic material.

The back or rear of the garment is similar to the front in that the.sections of inelastic material P are composed of a right back portionB-R which corresponds to the right front portion and of the left backportlon 1-13 of elastic material has shoulder strap portions E whichcorrespond to or match with straps E of the front portion IF. Extendingfrom one strap E to the other is a rounded edge R which is adapted tofit snugly around the back of the neck of a wearer.

On top of each shoulder the elastic strap portions E and E arepreferably united with a seam X which is elastic transversely of theshirt while the inelastic strap portions N and N are united by aninelastic seam Z. The reference character K indicates the seam which atthe side edge of the shirt unites the front and back pieces constitutingthe inelastic portions P. The relatively short seam BB' starts at one ofthe sharp points of the diamond M, carried over one shoulder, andterminates at the opposite sharp point of the diamond. M. The relativelylong seam DD' starts at the bottom of the shirt at O or O, crosses oneterminus of the short seam BB' at one point of the diamond M, then runsalong the side of the diamond oppgosite to that which is bound by theseam -B, over the other shoulder, across the other terminus of the shortseam 3-43, and on to the bottom. of the shirt.

It will be noted that the improved construction comprises a shirtcomposed of sections of inelastic material with a diamond insert ofelastic material extending from the front to the back of the shirt, overthe shoulders, and two seams constituting the union between theinelastic sections and between the inelastic sections and the elasticsection which are of diiferent lengths, the shorter of the said seamsserving to unite the inelastic material with the elastic material on'one side of the diamond from one sharp point of the diamond to theopposite sharp point of the diamond, and the longer of the said seamsextendin from the bottom edge of one side of the shirt where it unitesthe lower part of the inelastic sections together, to the sharp oint ofthe diamond, then along the ,secon side of the diamond from the saidlast-named sharp point to the opposite sharp point of the diamond, and

then to the bottom edge of the other side of the shirt whereby thelast-named seam overlies the end of the first-named shorter seam at eachof the sharp points of the diamond.

It is also to be noted that the pattern of my new shirt is such that thesections or pieces forming the shirt can be cut from a bolt of clothwith a minimum of waste and can be united or sewn together in a simple,reliable, and economical manner which is conducive to the production ofa stron and superior shirt or garment and to rapit and eflicientmanufacturing operations.

I claim:

1. A sleeveless garment of the athletic shirt type comprising materialelastic transversely of the garment and provided with an aperturethrough which the head of the wearer can pass, and sections of inelasticfabric having seam edges extending from the center of the front bottomedge upwardly to the top of the garment and then to the center of theback bottom edge and consisting of portions of inelastic material whichenvelop the body of thewearer in the neighborhood of the waist line, andother portions which extend over each shoulder wholly within the neckregion thereof, the aforesaid seam edges of said inelastic sectionsbeing united to each other solely at the lower parts of the front andthe back of the garment, the whole of the remaining arts of said seamedges being attached to t c said elastic material, whereby the lowerportions of the gar ment form a skirt section wholly composed ofinelastic fabric with a vertical seam running from the central point ofthe lower edge of the skirt at the front and rear of the garment topoints approximately at the waist line whence said seam is branched,each branch running over a shoulder and serving to unite elasticmaterial above the waist line with the free edges of the inelasticmaterial at the central front and back portions of said inelasticmaterial.

2. A garment such as set forth in claim 1 in which the elastic materialis in the form of a diamond and in which the seams censtituting theunion between the inelastic sections and between the inelastic andelastic sections are of two different lengths, the shorter of said seamsserving solely to unite the inelastic material with the elastic materialon one side of the diamond from one sharp point of the diamond totheopposite sharp oint of the diamond, and the longer of said seamsextending from the bottom edge of one side of the garment where itunltes the inelastic sectionsto ether, to one sharp point of thediamond, t en along the second side of the diamond from said lastnamed'sharp point to the opposite sharp.

pointof the diamond, and then to the bottom edge of the other side ofthe garment whereby the last-named seam overlies the end of thefirst-named shorter seam at each of the sharp points of the diamond.

3. A sleeveless arment of the athletic type comprising a s iirt composedof sections of inelastic fabric with a diamond insert of point of thediamond and then to the bottom edge of the other side of the shirt,whereby the last-named seam over-lies the end of the first-named shorterseam at each of the sharp 10 points of the diamond.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set EDMUND G. HEYN.

my hand.

